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Saturday, March 8, 2014

We Built a Greenhouse

I am so excited to show you our new greenhouse! H and I had so much fun designing and building our greenhouse...it has truly been a labor of love.

H constructed double doors (pink of course) and then we added double screen doors (from Lowes).
There are two windows on the back wall , so there is good airflow with both doors and windows open. We also have a large standing fan to add more air flow if we need it.

We decided to make the steps at each end of the porch rather than at the front of the porch.....reason?....I wanted that pretty headboard across the front......lol!

This is the potting table we made for the greenhouse. It is made from a door and a few other spare parts...here is a link to that post if you would like to see how it was made....

Last summer there was a large apple tree where the greenhouse is now....sadly, the tree died and we had to remove it.

We considered planting grass where we took the tree out....but decided to put a greenhouse there instead.

You can see how bad the tree looked...H had been cutting dead limbs off of it for several years. We took our daughter all the wood to burn in her fireplace.

H did all of the construction, except for the few times that he needed me to be "extra" hands.

H used his airless sprayer to apply all the paint. We bought this sprayer about 25 years ago to use on our rent houses...it still works wonderful. Some of you may remember that H used it last year to paint all the brick on our house.

I have a garden angel on each side of the front doors. They are made out of screen....(bought at Tuesday Morning.)

Here you can see the two sliding windows H put in the back wall of the greenhouse.

I put my spring flags on the clothes line last week....there was one day the wind was so high, I was surprised I didn't have to chase them clear into Texas....lol (we live 8 miles from the Texas border)

H built a shelf on this side of the greenhouse to put some pretties on.

He has the ground around the shelf tilled up and ready for me to plant my wildflower garden.

The greenhouse is just steps away from the sun room. It will be so nice to walk out and get fresh tomatoes and herbs this summer and on into late fall. Our winters are very mild here in New Mexico and I am hopeful that we can have fresh tomatoes year round....I'll have to wait and see!

Penny-That is the cutest greenhouse I have ever seen. It is just darling. Your hubby (and you) did a great job together. LOVE those screen doors on the front. WHAT did you use for the clear panels on top? Is that glass or a polyurethane product of some kind...or something made just for green houses? The whole thing is just beautiful!!! xo Diana

First, I want to let you know how much I enjoy you stopping by my blog...makes my day! The roof is made of panels that we bought at Lowes that are made esp. for greenhouses.....a polyurethane type of product. Hugs, Penny

Oh Penny you and the hubby never cease to amaze with your beautiful work. I love this shed it is the cutest shed ever. It just makes me smile to look at the pictures today. Beautiful job. Love this.Kris

Penny, you always add such special love in every project you do. This is just amazing and what a perfect place for that pretty pink headboard. It is all so pretty and just wait until those wildflowers come up!!..Happy Weekend..Judy

Wow! Penny what an awesome greenhouse!!!! So very impressive! I love the shabby style of it too. I am your newest follower.. I hope you will stop by for a visit and maybe follow along with me too. Blessings!

Love love love this little treasure box!!! I'd be in it a lot! I'm so happy to see you having such a darling gingerbread potting shed. It couldn't be any sweeter. Are we all jealous? A bit... but we know where to come and see what's going on in the shed! Many blessings of growing beauty, Edie Marie

I am just thrilled with how this turned out!!! My two favorite colors too! You've given me ideas on what to do with our building...it is exactly like yours. I've been wanting to doll it up for years now and have so many wonderful old pieces in the garage to work with. Thanks so much for sharing your creativity...it has sparked mine!!!

Penny, I saw this on FB and had to come over and check it all out, I didn't know you had a blog...I'm following you now. OK, this is so magazine worthy, someone will find you or you should submit it, Let me know if you need any help with that. I just love it, it's so fun to pick out elements in the design like the headboards....Fabulou!

oh my god I can't stand it ! this is totally fairy tale magic! Your hubby deserves and award for building you that little shed AND for the outside shelf! This IS a work of Art! I love it! You always have amazing things, but this is the cream of the crop for me! :D beautiful beautiful beautiful!!!

Penny you do have the knack of crating the most beautiful things! I just had to write a post and share with my readers.Check it out http://ohmyheartsiegirl.com/index.php/a-dream-vintage-greenhouse-and-ww-continues/

oh my goodness!!! lucky you - I know it was a lot of hard work, but how fabulous it is! You will be busy out there a lot this summer - i'm sure of it! thank you for sharing your darling garden house over here at this weeks Fishtail Cottage's Garden party! xoxo, tracie